Cultural theory and the problem of modernity

Alan Swingewood

Palgrave Macmillan

1998

Abstract

This book presents a critical analysis of the relation between sociological theory and recent debates in cultural studies. A distinctive sociological perspective is developed based on the work of Marx, Weber, Bourdieu and Bakhtin. The book examines the problems of theorising issues such as modernity, mass culture and postmodernity by advocating a historical and context-based approach.

Cited authors

Bachtin Michajl

Marx Karl